Improved clamp for wringers



To all whom it may concern:

v ters indicate like parts in each ofthe iigures.

a fixed position to the wrihger.

UNITED STATES PATENT trice.'-

lM PROVED CLAMP FOB. WPLINGEPLS.

Spcciticati'on forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,089, dated June 14,1864.A

Be it known that I, THOMAS BRooKs,o Middlefield, county of Middlesex,and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clamps for Holding Wringing-Machinesto aTub, tbc.; and Ido hereby declare that the saine is described and represented in thefollowing specification and drawings and to enable others skilled in thei art to make and use same, I will proceed to describe itsconstruction-'mid operation, re ferring to the drawings, in which thesame let- The nature ofthis improvement will be fully understood fromthe drawings and specification.'

The object desired to be attained by .this improvement inwringing-machines isto provide therefor a elamp, such as will readilyadjust itself to the side ot' any vessel without reference to its shape.

In the accompanying, drawings, Figure l is a side view of awringing-machine having my improvement attached thereto, as shown belowthe r'ed'line. Fig.' 2 is a' section of the clamp. Fig. Sis a section ofone jaw of the clamp.

B is one of the jawsvof the clamp, made in C is another jaw, also madein'a fixed position to the Wringer. Dis an intermediate jaw, and is madein'two parts,`as shown in Fig. 3, the upper end, d, of which is steadiedin place by working` inthe orifice G. a is a globular socket formed by amilling-tool in the ordinary Way. These two parts are secured togetherby the use of rivets ori screws b. E is a screw fitted to one of thejawsB C, the` inner endet-Which isprovided with a globular-shaped ball@,made so as to t and play easily in the socket a. F represents the sideof a vessel on which thisl clamp may ne secured. NOW, it will be seenthat a`wringer having this clamp may be readily and, easily attached toany vessel,A whether it'be made squareor round, large or smal-l, orwhether the sides` be perpendicular or otherwise, as the adjustablefeature `oi' the jaw will enable it to tind its bearing when the screw Eis firmly turned up.

This improvement, though simple in itselt, is ot' the greatestimportance in practical use.

I havethusendeavored to show the i;iature,

construction, and advantage of my improvement-,so as to enable a personskilled to make and use the same.

What I' claim, therefore, and desire to se- THOMAS BROOKS. Witnesses H.(l. ROBINSON, JEREMY W. lLiss..

